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Created page with "*''Japanese'': 薩摩切子 ''(Satsuma kiriko)'' Satsuma kiriko is a style of cut glass (''kiriko'') developed and produced in Kagoshima prefecture (formerly, [[Satsuma p..."
*''Japanese'': 薩摩切子 ''(Satsuma kiriko)''
Satsuma kiriko is a style of cut glass (''kiriko'') developed and produced in [[Kagoshima prefecture]] (formerly, [[Satsuma province]]). Like other forms of ''kiriko'', it involves cutting colored glass into facets, to create patterns. Satsuma ''kiriko'' is set apart by the shallowness of the cuts, creating a distinctive shading (''[[bokashi]]'') effect. Satsuma ''kiriko'' was produced in the [[Bakumatsu]] and early [[Meiji period]]s, but fell out of production for roughly a century, before being revived in the late Shôwa period.
Glass production in Satsuma is traced back to [[1846]], when lord of [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] [[Shimazu Narioki]] established the Nakamura seiyakukan (lit. "Nakamura Medicine Production Hall") and invited glassmakers from [[Edo]] to come and produce medicine bottles. [[Shimazu Nariakira]] later encouraged glass production further, leading to the development of Satsuma ''kiriko''. A particular type of red glass was developed with the help of Western Studies scholars from both within the domain and beyond, and became particularly prized.
After Nariakira's death in [[1858]], glass production declined, and the factory was destroyed in the [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]]. The industry recovered afterwards, however, and when the [[Meiji Emperor]] visited Kagoshima in [[1872]], he visited the glass factory at Iso. This factory was destroyed in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] of [[1877]], however, and the production of Satsuma ''kiriko'' terminated, until it was revived in the late Shôwa period.
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture28.html Satsuma kiriko]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
Satsuma kiriko is a style of cut glass (''kiriko'') developed and produced in [[Kagoshima prefecture]] (formerly, [[Satsuma province]]). Like other forms of ''kiriko'', it involves cutting colored glass into facets, to create patterns. Satsuma ''kiriko'' is set apart by the shallowness of the cuts, creating a distinctive shading (''[[bokashi]]'') effect. Satsuma ''kiriko'' was produced in the [[Bakumatsu]] and early [[Meiji period]]s, but fell out of production for roughly a century, before being revived in the late Shôwa period.
Glass production in Satsuma is traced back to [[1846]], when lord of [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] [[Shimazu Narioki]] established the Nakamura seiyakukan (lit. "Nakamura Medicine Production Hall") and invited glassmakers from [[Edo]] to come and produce medicine bottles. [[Shimazu Nariakira]] later encouraged glass production further, leading to the development of Satsuma ''kiriko''. A particular type of red glass was developed with the help of Western Studies scholars from both within the domain and beyond, and became particularly prized.
After Nariakira's death in [[1858]], glass production declined, and the factory was destroyed in the [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]]. The industry recovered afterwards, however, and when the [[Meiji Emperor]] visited Kagoshima in [[1872]], he visited the glass factory at Iso. This factory was destroyed in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]] of [[1877]], however, and the production of Satsuma ''kiriko'' terminated, until it was revived in the late Shôwa period.
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture28.html Satsuma kiriko]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]